Joanna Gaines Celebrates Daughter Emmie’s Major Milestone
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- Joanna Gaines celebrated her youngest daughter Emmie turning 16 and getting her driver’s license.
- The family commemorated Emmie’s Sweet 16 with festive decorations, an at-home dinner, and a special cake.
- Joanna shared how watching her kids grow up is bittersweet.
Believe it or not, all but one of Chip and Joanna Gaines‘ five children are old enough to drive.
The couple’s youngest daughter, Emmie, turned 16 on January 5. In a Saturday, January 17, Instagram post, Joanna revealed that Emmie had achieved a major teenage milestone: getting her driver’s license.
“Our baby girl is SIXTEEN and driving! I already miss taking her to school in the morning and to all of her sports and alllll the many places she needed to go,” Joanna wrote. “If you’re in the season of life where you feel like a taxi driver for your kids, enjoy the moments and the miles with them. It goes by so fast. 🥹❤️.”
Joanna shared Emmie’s exciting update alongside home videos from Emmie’s childhood. The footage also included a photo of Chip with Emmie as she got her license, a clip of Emmie driving away, and photos from Emmie’s Sweet 16 celebration.
Joanna decorated the home with red, white, and blue decorations for Emmie’s big day. The family seemingly celebrated with an Italian at-home dinner, followed by a blue cake with cherry-shaped candles.
People sent their congratulations to Emmy in the comments of Joanna’s post. “We are living the same thing right now. Jade is 16 and I can’t even fathom the next couple years.❤️❤️🥲,” wrote HGTV’s Mika Kleinschmidt, referring to her own daughter.
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One fan wrote, “Happy birthday to your sweet daughter. 16 is a big deal! 💕🛍️.” Another added, “Happy Birthday to your daughter and congratulations to her proud parents. 😍.” Someone else shared, “Jo! I can’t!! ❤️ where did the time go! Happy 16! Emmy Kay.”
A different user commented, “Miss being my girls Uber driver.” A separate person posted, “I totally thought that was YOU Joanna as a child!”
Joanna and Chip share five kids, including Drake, 20, Ella, 19, Duke, 17, and Crew, 7. Though Joanna primarily keeps her children off her social media feed, the kids make occasional appearances on her Instagram timeline.
Last month, Joanna shared a glimpse of herself, Emmie, and Ella taking a pottery lesson together. “Fun day learning something new with my girls✨,” she captioned Instagram footage from the girls’ day out. “It’s probably too late to ask for a pottery wheel for Christmas… @chipgaines.”
During the holidays, Joanna and one of her daughters got into playing mahjong together. “We are officially in on mahjong 🙋🏻♀️🙋♀️,” the Fixer Upper star captioned an Instagram video of the family’s new mahjong board. “Just need a couple more players to join in on the action (ahem, Drake Duke Ek or Chip??) 🤣🥰🤗.”
Joanna followed up her birthday tribute to Emmy by sharing a sweet Instagram video of Crew showing how he cares for the bees in their garden. “Crew’s beeline 🐝 🐝🐝,” she captioned the Sunday, January 18, post.
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